Quotes by Bacon, Francis

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. >>

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution >>

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things >>

Quotations about Wisdom

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one >>

Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for >>

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. >>

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Bacon, Francis